Order of Worship:

Prelude
Announcements
Opening Hymn – #128 He Leadeth Me: O Blessed Thought (4 verses)
Opening Prayer
Bell Choir – “How Great Thou Art”
1st Scripture Reading – 1 Samuel 16:1-13 (OT pg. 253)
Choir Anthem – “Most Fair and Holy Lord”
Children’s Time
Joys & Concerns / Pastoral Prayer / Lord’s Prayer / Choral Response
Hymn – #454 Open My Eyes, That I May See (3 verses)
Loving the Wider World through Our Giving
2nd Scripture Reading – John 9:1-41 (NT pg. 97)
Pastor’s Message “In the Presence” – Pastor Devin
Praise Music – “Open the Eyes of My Heart” – Nathan & Peggy
Benediction
Postlude

1st Scripture Reading – 1 Samuel 16:1-13 (OT pg. 253)
David Anointed as King
1 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul? I have rejected him from being king
over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and set out; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have
provided for myself a king among his sons.”
2 Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears of it, he will kill
me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’
3
Invite
Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do, and you shall anoint for me the one whom
I name to you.”
4 Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city
came to meet him trembling and said, “Do you come peaceably?”
5 He said, “Peaceably. I have come to
sacrifice to the Lord; sanctify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” And he sanctified Jesse
and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
6When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely his anointed is now before the Lord.”
7 But
the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have
rejected him, for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the
Lord looks on the heart.”
8 Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. He said,
“Neither has the Lord chosen this one.”
9 Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, “Neither has
the Lord chosen this one.”
10
Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, and Samuel said to
Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen any of these.”
11 Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he
said, “There remains yet the youngest, but he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send
and bring him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.”
12 He sent and brought him in. Now he
was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. The Lord said, “Rise and anoint him, for this is
the one.”
13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the
spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward. Samuel then set out and went to
Ramah.
2nd Scripture Reading – John 9:1-41 (NT pg. 97)
A Man Born Blind Receives Sight
1 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this
man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3
Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents
sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. 4 We must work the works of
him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I
am the light of the world.”
6 When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the
saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes, 7
saying to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which
means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see. 8 The neighbors and those who had
seen him before as a beggar began to ask, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?”
9 Some were
saying, “It is he.” Others were saying, “No, but it is someone like him.” He kept saying, “I am he.”
10 But
they kept asking him, “Then how were your eyes opened?”
11 He answered, “The man called Jesus
made mud, spread it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ Then I went and washed and
received my sight.” 12 They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”
The Pharisees Investigate the Healing
13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. 14 Now it was a Sabbath day
when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15 Then the Pharisees also began to ask him how he
had received his sight. He said to them, “He put mud on my eyes. Then I washed, and now I see.”
16
Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not observe the Sabbath.” Others
said, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?” And they were divided. 17 So they said again
to the blind man, “What do you say about him? It was your eyes he opened.” He said, “He is a prophet.”
18 The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they called the
parents of the man who had received his sight
19 and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was
born blind? How then does he now see?”
20 His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and
that he was born blind, 21 but we do not know how it is that now he sees, nor do we know who opened
his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.”
22His parents said this because they were
afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesus to be the Messiah
would be put out of the synagogue. 23 Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”
24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and they said to him, “Give glory to
God! We know that this man is a sinner.”
25He answered, “I do not know whether he is a sinner. One
thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.”
26 They said to him, “What did he do to you? How
did he open your eyes?”
27He answered them, “I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why
do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?”
28 Then they reviled him,
saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses,
but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.”
30 The man answered, “Here is an
astonishing thing! You do not know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. 31We know that
God does not listen to sinners, but he does listen to one who worships him and obeys his will. 32Never
since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. 33
If this
man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
34 They answered him, “You were born entirely in sins,
and are you trying to teach us?” And they drove him out.
Spiritual Blindness
35
Jesus heard that they had driven him out, and when he found him he said, “Do you believe in the Son
of Man?”
36He answered, “And who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him.”
37
Jesus said to him,
“You have seen him, and the one speaking with you is he.”
38He said, “Lord, I believe.” And he
worshiped him. 39
Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see may
see and those who do see may become blind.”
40 Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this
and said to him, “Surely we are not blind, are we?”
41
Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would
not have sin. But now that you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.